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Arnd Bergmann b9067f5dc4 net: split out SIOCDEVPRIVATE handling from dev_ioctl 
SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl commands are mainly used in really old
drivers, and they have a number of problems:

- They hide behind the normal .ndo_do_ioctl function that
  is also used for other things in modern drivers, so it's
  hard to spot a driver that actually uses one of these

- Since drivers use a number different calling conventions,
  it is impossible to support compat mode for them in
  a generic way.

- With all drivers using the same 16 commands codes, there
  is no way to introspect the data being passed through
  things like strace.

Add a new net_device_ops callback pointer, to address the
first two of these. Separating them from .ndo_do_ioctl
makes it easy to grep for drivers with a .ndo_siocdevprivate
callback, and the unwieldy name hopefully makes it easier
to spot in code review.

By passing the ifreq structure and the ifr_data pointer
separately, it is no longer necessary to overload these,
and the driver can use either one for a given command.

Cc: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2021-07-27 20:11:43 +01:00
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caif tty: cumulate and document tty_struct::flow* members 2021-05-13 16:57:16 +02:00
device_drivers docs: networking: dpaa2: add documentation for the switch driver 2021-07-27 11:53:09 +01:00
devlink devlink: add documentation for hns3 driver 2021-07-26 12:16:03 +01:00
dsa net: dsa: delete dsa_legacy_fdb_add and dsa_legacy_fdb_del 2021-06-29 10:46:23 -07:00
mac80211_hwsim docs: net: convert two README files to ReST format 2019-07-31 13:31:56 -06:00
6lowpan.rst docs: networking: convert 6lowpan.txt to ReST 2020-02-28 14:52:36 +01:00
6pack.rst docs: networking: convert 6pack.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:38 -07:00
af_xdp.rst doc, af_xdp: Fix bind flags option typo 2021-07-12 16:55:01 +02:00
alias.rst
arcnet-hardware.rst docs: networking: arcnet-hardware.rst: don't duplicate chapter names 2020-05-01 12:24:43 -07:00
arcnet.rst Documentation: networking: arcnet: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
atm.rst docs: networking: convert atm.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:38 -07:00
ax25.rst Documentation: networking: ax25: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
bareudp.rst Documentation: bareudp: Corrected description of bareudp module. 2020-07-28 17:53:03 -07:00
batman-adv.rst batman-adv: Fix typos and grammar in documentation 2020-06-26 10:36:30 +02:00
bonding.rst docs: networking: bonding.rst Fix a typo in bonding.rst 2021-03-01 13:53:21 -08:00
bridge.rst docs: networking: Convert bridge.txt to rst 2018-07-18 15:28:27 -07:00
can_ucan_protocol.rst Documentation: networking: can_ucan_protocol: drop doubled words 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
can.rst can: add a note that RECV_OWN_MSGS frames are subject to filtering 2021-04-24 14:36:51 +02:00
cdc_mbim.rst docs: networking: convert cdc_mbim.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:39 -07:00
checksum-offloads.rst docs: networking: convert netdev-features.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
dccp.rst net: dccp: Add SIOCOUTQ IOCTL support (send buffer fill) 2020-07-22 17:00:37 -07:00
dctcp.rst docs: networking: convert dctcp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:38:39 -07:00
decnet.rst docs: networking: convert decnet.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:45 -07:00
dns_resolver.rst docs: networking: convert dns_resolver.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
driver.rst docs: networking: convert driver.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
eql.rst docs: networking: convert eql.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
ethtool-netlink.rst ethtool: add a new command for getting PHC virtual clocks 2021-07-01 13:08:18 -07:00
failover.rst
fib_trie.rst docs: networking: convert fib_trie.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
filter.rst bpf, docs: Fix literal block for example code 2021-04-27 17:31:09 +02:00
gen_stats.rst docs: networking: convert gen_stats.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
generic_netlink.rst docs: networking: convert generic_netlink.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
generic-hdlc.rst docs: networking: convert generic-hdlc.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
gtp.rst docs: networking: convert gtp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:46 -07:00
ieee802154.rst docs: net: ieee802154.rst: fix C expressions 2020-10-15 07:49:41 +02:00
ila.rst docs: networking: convert ila.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
index.rst Documentation: net: Document resilient next-hop groups 2021-03-29 13:51:38 -07:00
ioam6-sysctl.rst ipv6: ioam: Documentation for new IOAM sysctls 2021-07-21 08:14:33 -07:00
ip_dynaddr.rst docs: networking: convert ip_dynaddr.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ip-sysctl.rst Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-07-23 16:13:06 +01:00
ipddp.rst docs: networking: convert ipddp.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ipsec.rst docs: networking: convert ipsec.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:39:47 -07:00
ipv6.rst docs: networking: convert ipv6.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:18 -07:00
ipvlan.rst docs: networking: convert ipvlan.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:18 -07:00
ipvs-sysctl.rst Documentation: networking: ipvs-sysctl: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
j1939.rst can: j1939: add tables for the CAN identifier and its fields 2020-11-20 09:43:29 +01:00
kapi.rst wimax: move out to staging 2020-10-29 19:27:45 +01:00
kcm.rst docs: networking: convert kcm.txt to ReST 2020-04-28 14:40:19 -07:00
l2tp.rst docs: networking: add tracepoint info to l2tp.rst 2020-08-22 12:44:37 -07:00
lapb-module.rst docs: networking: convert lapb-module.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:35 -07:00
mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
mac80211-injection.rst doc: networking: wireless: fix wiki website url 2020-06-08 10:05:53 +02:00
mpls-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert mpls-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
mptcp-sysctl.rst mptcp: add sysctl allow_join_initial_addr_port 2021-06-22 14:36:01 -07:00
msg_zerocopy.rst doc: fix link to MSG_ZEROCOPY patchset 2019-03-18 09:50:21 -07:00
multiqueue.rst docs: networking: convert multiqueue.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
net_dim.rst docs: networking: add full DIM API 2020-04-10 18:11:04 -07:00
net_failover.rst docs: networking: net_failover: Fix a few typos 2020-03-03 16:07:02 -08:00
netconsole.rst docs: networking: convert netconsole.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
netdev-FAQ.rst docs: networking: drop special stable handling 2021-03-03 08:49:08 -08:00
netdev-features.rst net: hsr: add offloading support 2021-02-11 13:24:44 -08:00
netdevices.rst net: split out SIOCDEVPRIVATE handling from dev_ioctl 2021-07-27 20:11:43 +01:00
netfilter-sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert netfilter-sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
netif-msg.rst docs: networking: convert netif-msg.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
nexthop-group-resilient.rst Documentation: net: Document resilient next-hop groups 2021-03-29 13:51:38 -07:00
nf_conntrack-sysctl.rst netfilter: conntrack: add new sysctl to disable RST check 2021-07-06 14:15:12 +02:00
nf_flowtable.rst docs: nf_flowtable: fix compilation and warnings 2021-03-25 17:42:02 -07:00
nfc.rst docs: networking: nfc: change to rst format 2019-11-23 11:00:19 -08:00
openvswitch.rst docs: networking: convert openvswitch.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:36 -07:00
operstates.rst docs: networking: convert operstates.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
packet_mmap.rst docs: networking: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() 2021-06-04 11:21:43 -06:00
page_pool.rst net: page_pool: Add page_pool_put_page_bulk() to page_pool.rst 2020-11-24 14:56:54 -08:00
phonet.rst docs: networking: convert phonet.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
phy.rst net: phy: Add 25G BASE-R interface mode 2021-06-12 13:08:57 -07:00
pktgen.rst docs: networking: convert pktgen.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
plip.rst docs: networking: convert PLIP.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
ppp_generic.rst docs: update ppp_generic.rst to document new ioctls 2020-12-10 13:57:36 -08:00
proc_net_tcp.rst docs: networking: convert proc_net_tcp.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
radiotap-headers.rst docs: networking: convert radiotap-headers.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
rds.rst docs: networking: convert rds.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:37 -07:00
regulatory.rst doc: networking: wireless: fix wiki website url 2020-06-08 10:05:53 +02:00
rxrpc.rst Documentation: networking: rxrpc: drop doubled word 2020-07-04 17:46:21 -07:00
scaling.rst docs: networking: update XPS to account for netif_set_xps_queue 2020-10-13 16:21:54 -07:00
sctp.rst docs: networking: convert sctp.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
secid.rst docs: networking: convert secid.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
seg6-sysctl.rst doc: move seg6_flowlabel to seg6-sysctl.rst 2021-04-14 13:13:15 -07:00
segmentation-offloads.rst networking: : fix typos in code comments 2019-05-20 20:24:34 -04:00
sfp-phylink.rst net: mdio: Remove of_phy_attach() 2021-02-17 13:17:49 -08:00
snmp_counter.rst net-next: docs: Fix typos in snmp_counter.rst 2021-01-05 17:07:38 -08:00
statistics.rst docs: networking: extend the statistics documentation 2021-04-16 16:59:20 -07:00
strparser.rst docs: networking: convert strparser.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
switchdev.rst Documentation: networking: switchdev: add missing "and" word 2021-03-17 12:34:34 -07:00
sysfs-tagging.rst Documentation: better locations for sysfs-pci, sysfs-tagging 2020-10-09 09:33:23 -06:00
tc-actions-env-rules.rst docs: networking: convert tc-actions-env-rules.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
tcp-thin.rst docs: networking: convert tcp-thin.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
team.rst docs: networking: convert team.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
timestamping.rst docs: networking: timestamping: update for DSA switches 2021-04-27 14:10:15 -07:00
tipc.rst Documentation: add more details in tipc.rst 2021-07-01 13:18:18 -07:00
tls-offload-layers.svg Documentation: add TLS offload documentation 2019-05-22 12:18:20 -07:00
tls-offload-reorder-bad.svg Documentation: add TLS offload documentation 2019-05-22 12:18:20 -07:00
tls-offload-reorder-good.svg Documentation: add TLS offload documentation 2019-05-22 12:18:20 -07:00
tls-offload.rst net: Disable NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX when RXCSUM is disabled 2021-01-19 15:58:05 -08:00
tls.rst net/tls: add TlsDeviceRxResync statistic 2019-10-05 16:29:00 -07:00
tproxy.rst docs: networking: convert tproxy.txt to ReST 2020-04-30 12:56:38 -07:00
tuntap.rst docs: networking: Replace strncpy() with strscpy() 2021-06-04 11:21:43 -06:00
udplite.rst docs: networking: convert udplite.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
vrf.rst docs: networking: convert vrf.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
vxlan.rst docs: vxlan: add info about device features 2020-09-28 12:50:12 -07:00
x25-iface.rst net: x25: Queue received packets in the drivers instead of per-CPU queues 2021-04-05 11:42:12 -07:00
x25.rst net: x25: Remove unimplemented X.25-over-LLC code stubs 2020-12-12 17:15:33 -08:00
xfrm_device.rst docs: networking: Fix a typo 2021-03-20 19:02:42 -07:00
xfrm_proc.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_proc.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:40 -07:00
xfrm_sync.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_sync.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:41 -07:00
xfrm_sysctl.rst docs: networking: convert xfrm_sysctl.txt to ReST 2020-05-01 12:24:41 -07:00